Atchison Daily Globe - 13 March 1906 - Obituary

Carl Peuker, age 60 years and 10 months, died yesterday afternoon at his home on Independence Creek, north of Atchison. He had been ill a long time, and death was due to heart disease and dropsy. The funeral will occur tomorrow, and the services will be held at the German Lutheran Church, in Atchison at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial at Mt. Vernon. The deceased was a Kansas pioneer, having lived here for forty years, and he had lived on the same farm for twenty-three years.

He is survived by a widow and four children: Mrs. Pete Sowers, St. Joe; Mrs. William Thomas, north of town; Miss Ottilli and Ernest Peuker, who live at home.